A related term {IAST|caraṇa}, (`conduct of life` or `behavior`) is also used to refer to such a Vedic school: `although the words {IAST|caraṇa} and {IAST|śākhā} are sometimes used synonymously, yet {IAST|caraṇa} properly applies to the sect or collection of persons united in one school, and {IAST|śākhā} to the traditional text fol...